Film Review: The Weatherman Underground.
Power to the spoiled, white suburbanites!
I’d like to begin by stating that this is technically an excellent documentary. It is skillfully made and tough to take your eyes off of. It’s not a pretty story, however. This group had a comical, no, make that infantile, understanding of United States history. Furthermore, they were racist to the core. Their racism was mostly evident through their aversion to all things Caucasian but it was also discernible through their treatment of black Americans who were regarded as pawns that these poseurs believed could be manipulated. The Weatherman interviewed in the film disguise their own youthful and narcissistic fantasies for power and attention with a supposedly altruistic desire to stop the Vietnam Conflict. What’s wrong with our nation today? It all begins with self-obsessed me generation types like these. It’s ironic that they did so little time and received so little punishment for their heinous acts. What is a better indicator of how tolerant and compassionate our society is than that so many of them are able to walk our streets and cities today? The Weathermen were best referred in the movie as attempting a children’s crusade gone mad. That’s an excellent summation of their ideology. Overall, this is an educational film, but one cannot help but feel complete revulsion in regards to the characters presented.
